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International publishing news and opinionThu, 24 May 2018 14:51:56 +0000en-UShourly1Russian Publishers Warn of Lost Profits Amid a Newly Announced VAT Hikehttps://publishingperspectives.com/2018/05/russia-vat-medvedev-vat-hike-threat/
https://publishingperspectives.com/2018/05/russia-vat-medvedev-vat-hike-threat/#respondThu, 24 May 2018 05:40:56 +0000https://publishingperspectives.com/?p=117496The prosperity that some in the Russian book industry thought was rising this year may be headed in the other direction, if the expected rise in book VAT becomes a reality.

]]>https://publishingperspectives.com/2018/05/russia-vat-medvedev-vat-hike-threat/feed/0The European Union Prize for Literature Launches Its 10th Anniversary Short Fiction Anthologyhttps://publishingperspectives.com/2018/05/european-union-prize-for-literature-10th-anniversary-short-fiction-project/
https://publishingperspectives.com/2018/05/european-union-prize-for-literature-10th-anniversary-short-fiction-project/#commentsThu, 24 May 2018 05:30:03 +0000https://publishingperspectives.com/?p=117412A trend toward public reading-engagement projects continues, this time as the European Union Prize for Literature's 10th-anniversary short-fiction competition opens for reads and votes on newly created 'European stories.'

]]>https://publishingperspectives.com/2018/05/european-union-prize-for-literature-10th-anniversary-short-fiction-project/feed/1The UK’s Forward Poetry Prizes’ Shortlists: ‘Nuclear War to Motherhood’https://publishingperspectives.com/2018/05/uk-forward-poetry-prizes-diversity-2018/
https://publishingperspectives.com/2018/05/uk-forward-poetry-prizes-diversity-2018/#respondWed, 23 May 2018 23:01:48 +0000https://publishingperspectives.com/?p=117469Ten books of poetry and five single poems are shortlisted for the 2018 edition of the UK's Forward Poetry Prizes, which are to be awarded in London in September.

]]>https://publishingperspectives.com/2018/05/uk-forward-poetry-prizes-diversity-2018/feed/0Interview: Man Booker International Winners Olga Tokarczuk and Jennifer Crofthttps://publishingperspectives.com/2018/05/interview-man-booker-international-winners-olga-tokarczuk-jennifer-croft-flights/
https://publishingperspectives.com/2018/05/interview-man-booker-international-winners-olga-tokarczuk-jennifer-croft-flights/#commentsWed, 23 May 2018 00:58:37 +0000https://publishingperspectives.com/?p=117392A book jurors say ‘flies us through a galaxy of departures and arrivals’ is named the Man Booker International Prize in London, author Olga Tokarczuk and translator Jennifer Croft sharing the £50,000 purse.

]]>https://publishingperspectives.com/2018/05/amazon-announces-merch-collab-licensing-program-at-licensing-expo/feed/7The New York Rights Fair Changes the Rights Floorplan at BookExpohttps://publishingperspectives.com/2018/05/bookexpo-new-york-rights-fair-2018-preview/
https://publishingperspectives.com/2018/05/bookexpo-new-york-rights-fair-2018-preview/#commentsTue, 22 May 2018 05:30:44 +0000https://publishingperspectives.com/?p=117177During BookExpo at the Javits Center next week, trade visitors and rights specialists will be in two different parts of the city, as the New York Rights Fair makes its debut at the Manhattan Pavilion.

]]>https://publishingperspectives.com/2018/05/bookexpo-new-york-rights-fair-2018-preview/feed/1Rights Roundup: War, Allegory, and Crime Drama Ahead of BookExpohttps://publishingperspectives.com/2018/05/rights-roundup-bookexpo-2018-war-allegory-crime/
https://publishingperspectives.com/2018/05/rights-roundup-bookexpo-2018-war-allegory-crime/#respondTue, 22 May 2018 05:30:41 +0000https://publishingperspectives.com/?p=117298A wartime tale with a Senegalese protagonist in France, a generational family drama from Georgian author Nino Haratischwili, a Catalan classic, two books for young readers, and the Orient Express with Agatha Christie aboard—all are in our pre-BookExpo rights roundup.

]]>https://publishingperspectives.com/2018/05/rights-roundup-bookexpo-2018-war-allegory-crime/feed/0When Rights Are Alleged To Be ‘Trampled’: Authors Sue Education Publisher Cengagehttps://publishingperspectives.com/2018/05/rights-alleged-trampled-authors-sue-education-publisher-cengage/
https://publishingperspectives.com/2018/05/rights-alleged-trampled-authors-sue-education-publisher-cengage/#commentsTue, 22 May 2018 05:30:07 +0000https://publishingperspectives.com/?p=117171How are authors' contractual rights with a publisher best handled when the house rolls out a digital subscription offer and promises that its entire content library will be on offer that way? An authors' lawsuit of Cengage is calling the question.

]]>https://publishingperspectives.com/2018/05/rights-alleged-trampled-authors-sue-education-publisher-cengage/feed/1No Corks Popped: The Bollinger Everyman Wodehouse Jury Has No Winnerhttps://publishingperspectives.com/2018/05/bollinger-everyman-wodehouse-prize-withheld-2018/
https://publishingperspectives.com/2018/05/bollinger-everyman-wodehouse-prize-withheld-2018/#commentsMon, 21 May 2018 05:45:50 +0000https://publishingperspectives.com/?p=117307Promising to name an extra-large breed pig after next year's winning book, the Bollinger Everyman Wodehouse Prize jury isn't laughing this year. Nobody gets the prize. They are not amused.